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Cathay Pacific caught in crossfire of Hong Kong's crisis

Aug 14, 2019 (AFP)

More than 10 weeks of sometimes-violent demonstrations have wracked the semi-autonomous city, with millions taking to the streets to demand democratic reforms a...

Air Force finishes wing replacements on A-10 Thunderbolts

Aug 14, 2019 (UPI)

The 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron of the Air Logistics Complex at Hill AFB, Utah, made 162 of the swaps, with the remaining 11 done at Osan Air Base in So...

Sikorsky nets $107M contract for parts on six King Stallion helicopters

Aug 13, 2019 (UPI)

The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, covers long lead items for six low-rate initial production lot 4 helicopters, with work expected to...

Stranded passengers voice support for Hong Kong protesters

Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)

The airport, one of the busiest in the world, reopened on Tuesday morning but hundreds of flights remained cancelled and several hundred protesters returned for...

Flights resume at Hong Kong airport after protest shutdown

Aug 13, 2019 (AFP)

The abrupt closure marked a new low in a 10-week crisis that has seen millions of people take to Hong Kong's streets in the biggest challenge to Chinese rule of...

Cathay Pacific warns staff over 'illegal protests'

Aug 12, 2019 (AFP)

The flagship carrier's stock plunged more than four percent in Hong Kong trade on Monday after Beijing imposed new rules banning airline staff involved in the H...

F-35 test fleet has low readiness rate, may affect aircraft's testing phase

Aug 12, 2019 (UPI)

The Project on Government Oversight's Center for Defense Information reported last week that only 8.7 percent, of the 23 F-35s Joint Strike fighter planes in th...

N.H. Air National Guard base gets its first KC-46A tanker

Aug 09, 2019 (UPI)

The plane arrived late Thursday at the 157th Air Refueling Wing for a ceremonial welcome as rock music played and fire trucks sprayed arcs of water. Pilot Lt. G...

First female Marine F-35B, F-35C pilots move toward flying

Aug 09, 2019 (UPI)

Capt. Anneliese Satz completed her F-35B basic course in June after assignment to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 at Beaufort, S.C. In prior civilia...

Air Force grounds 123 C-130s due to 'atypical cracks'

Aug 08, 2019 (UPI)

During maintenance, "atypical cracks" were found on the lower center wing joint or "rainbow fitting," accoding to an Air Mobility Command statement from Dobbins...

South Korea approved to buy 12 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters

Aug 08, 2019 (UPI)

The $800 million deal, announced Wednesday, covers 12 Seahawk helicopters, along with radar, communications and weapons systems, as well as training on the roto...

U.S. Air Force gets F-35A fighter airborne five hours after delivery

Aug 07, 2019 (UPI)

A F-35A departed from manufacturer Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas, production facility shortly after 8 a.m. on Aug. 1, arrived at the air base at 10 a.m., ...

Cathay Pacific reports profit but warns of HK protests impact

Aug 07, 2019 (AFP)

Announcing interim results that showed the airline in the black after huge losses in the first half of last year, chairman John Slosar warned of further impact ...

Raytheon delivers prototype mid-band jammer for use on EA-18G fighter

Aug 05, 2019 (UPI)

Raytheon will produce 15 prototype Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Engineering and Manufacturing Development pods for the Navy for use on its EA-18G Growler pla...

Making a case for returning airships to the skies

Aug 05, 2019 (SPX)

Airships were introduced in the first half of the 20th century before conventional aircraft were used for the long-range transport of cargo and passengers. Thei...

Boeing nets $55.5M for work on KC-46 tanker's boom redesign

Aug 05, 2019 (UPI)

The new contract modification, announced Friday by the Pentagon, calls for engineering, manufacturing and development of system-level hardware and software for ...

Pentagon: Cost of F-35 fighter plane program up by $25B

Aug 05, 2019 (UPI)

The report, an update to its 2020 budget and delivered on Friday, noted that the cost of the F-35 program grew by $25 billion in 2018, and is the "main driver" ...

Rockwell Collins receives $40.2M contract for E-8 simulator support

Aug 05, 2019 (UPI)

The contract calls for contractor logistics support and training systems support for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Systems [JSTARS] simulators. It ...

Lockheed awarded $1.1B for F-16 work for Slovakia, Iraq

Aug 01, 2019 (UPI)

The two foreign military sales contracts, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, cover production and support of F-16 fighter aircraft for Slovakia, ...

French 'flyboard' daredevil to make new Channel bid

Jul 30, 2019 (AFP)

Former jetski champion Franky Zapata plans for an early takeoff from Sangatte in northern France on Sunday for the roughly 20-minute trip toward St Margaret's B...